<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 00:19, Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Connectors too are not necessary fixed. <br>
When mapped in OSM they are fixed by the location given. So I see no
problem with OSM defining the socket/connector as being in a fixed
location. <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Don't fixate on "fixed." In connector terminology, "fixed" means it's screwed to a wall, or post</div><div>while "free" means it's on the end of a cable. With some car charging points the car comes with</div><div>a cable, one end of which plugs into the car and the other end plugs into a connector fixed to</div><div>the charging point. With other car charging points the cable is an intrinsic part of the charging</div><div>point and it has a free connector that plugs into the car. This leads to confusion if you adopt</div><div>the "free connector is called plug" model (as many people do), especially if the tag is socket=*.<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
Currents: Installations here do not use connectors that have a
higher current capacity than the circuit can supply. <br>
I think that is in the AS wiring rules, and those are legal
requirements. <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Erm, not quite. The wiring is always rated higher than the breaker/fuse because the purpose</div><div> of the breaker/fuse is to protect the wiring. It's not to protect the equipment or even the connector,</div><div> it's to stop your house wiring going up in flames. The equipment may be on fire. The connector</div><div>may overheat to the point of being damaged (it shouldn't but some connectors are a tad</div><div>shoddy). But the breaker should trip before the wiring goes up in flames.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As a practical matter, there is no legal reason not to fit a lower-value breaker/fuse than the wiring</div><div>and connector can handle. As somebody else remarked on the thread, it's common in his/her</div><div>part of the world for camp sites to fit lower-value breakers than the wiring and connector can</div><div>handle. And it's entirely possible the wiring is rated lower than the connector can handle, as</div><div>long as the breaker is of low enough value to protect the wiring (not good practise, but it can</div><div>happen if people are trying to do things on the cheap).<br></div><br><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>